Mark Yarm's Blog, page 764

"Every time I went to the gym, the games, sitting in the locker room I would put on Pearl Jam. It was..."

"Every time I went to the gym, the games, sitting in the locker room I would put on Pearl Jam. It was [Eddie Vedder] speaking straight from his heart. All of the troubles he went through with his mother and his family, he's motivated me for the last 20 years and I still listen to him today."

- Pearl Jam fan Dennis Rodman, speaking yesterday at the Basketball Hall of Fame induction press conference; Eddie Vedder, Howard Stern and members of Mötley Crüe are expected to attend tonight's...

northwestpassageblog:Screaming Trees, Change Has Come 2x7"....

northwestpassageblog:

Screaming Trees, Change Has Come 2x7". Sub Pop, 1989.

nirvananews:Foo Fighters @ LOLLAPALOOZA, 2011.

nirvananews:

Foo Fighters @ LOLLAPALOOZA, 2011.

The folks at my U.K. publisher, Faber, sent along this epic shot...

The folks at my U.K. publisher, Faber, sent along this epic shot of Everybody Loves Our Town, fresh off the press. The book's available in the U.K. September 8. Pre-order it here or here.

Pearl Jam/Soungarden drummer Matt Cameron on making cinematic history in Attack of the Killer Tomatoes

In this expanded excerpt from the upcoming book Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge, Pearl Jam/Soundgarden drummer Matt Cameron explains how he came to be part of the 1978 cult classic Attack of the Killer Tomatoes:

"I grew up in San Diego, and I started drumming when I was about nine years old. I started playing in rock bands when I was about 13, 14, just with the neighborhood kids. When I was 14, my neighbor John De Bello, a talented kid who filmed all the local football...

Fender to sell collectible replicas of Kurt Cobain's Jaguar guitar

The Kurt Cobain Jaguar will set you back $1,849.99. Available in left- and right-handed editions. Note: This is not the model being given away in this contest. (Via RollingStone.com; photo: Ian Dickson)

rubberbandmusic:Come on Over (Turn Me On) | Isobel Campbell...

rubberbandmusic:

Come on Over (Turn Me On) | Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan

"[Mudhoney were] playing in the L.A. area with Sonic Youth, and the Redd Kross guys were there. We..."

"[Mudhoney were] playing in the L.A. area with Sonic Youth, and the Redd Kross guys were there. We all came out onstage and played 'I Wanna Be Your Dog' with Sonic Youth, and I had my pants around my ankles while playing Kim Gordon's bass. The next night, Kim's doing sound check with that bass, and I pointed to it and said, 'Hey, Kim, my penis was touching the back of that bass last night!' And she's all, 'Really?' She took it off, and I don't think she ever played it again. I'm like, Damn, a...

Nevermind 20th-anniversary contest: Win a Fender Blacktop Jaguar guitar!

Click here for entry info.

bandchat:Soundgarden's "Birth Ritual," merely one of the...

bandchat:

Soundgarden's "Birth Ritual," merely one of the reasons the Singles soundtrack is a must have in any music collection.